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The southern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor), sometimes referred to as white-bellied hedgehog or white-chested hedgehog, is a hedgehog native to Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia. These hedgehogs are becomingly increasingly popular as pets in the United States and Iran.
The size of the northern white-breasted hedgehog varied based on the temperature and precipitation, the size of the white-breasted hedgehog was larger in higher temperatures. The higher the precipitation, specifically summer precipitation, the smaller the size of the white-breasted hedgehog.(Kryštufek et al.,2009) [4]
The European hedgehog is unlike any other creature across most of its range. Where it co-exists with the northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus), the two species are difficult to distinguish in the field, the latter having a white spot on its chest. [2]
Southern white-breasted hedgehog, Erinaceus concolor; European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus; Northern white-breasted hedgehog, Erinaceus roumanicus; Genus Hemiechinus.
Hedgehogs. European hedgehog, ... Northern white-breasted hedgehog, Erinaceus roumanicus LC; Long-eared hedgehog, Hemiechinus auritus LC (eastern Europe) Talpidae
Erinaceus is a genus of hedgehog from the family of Erinaceidae. There are four main species of Erinaceus. The range is all across Europe, throughout the Middle East, parts of Russia, and extending to northern China and Korea. The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) has been introduced to New Zealand. [2] [3]
European hedgehog. E. europaeus Linnaeus, 1758: Europe, northwestern Asia, and New Zealand: Size: 13–27 cm (5–11 in) long, plus 2 cm (1 in) tail [14] Habitat: Forest and grassland [15] Diet: Omnivorous; primarily insects, as well as other invertebrates, eggs, small vertebrates, and carrion [14] NT Unknown [15] Northern white-breasted hedgehog
Erinaceidae / ˌ ɛr ɪ n ə ˈ s iː ɪ d iː / is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats.Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla.